Since the terrorist attack on a convoy in Pulwama on February 14th, 2019, GreatGameIndia has been closely watching suspicious online activities from across the border, intent on creating chaos and confusion in India. Although the impact of such low-level misinformation was minimal initially, it was on the morning of Pakistani airstrikes on India that the full extent of this propaganda was visible. Social media was flooded with fake news and videos, some of it even found its way to mainstream news channels. Seasoned fake-news busters were aghast at the volume and spread of such subversive information – by then it was too late. The damage was done. India was the target of sophisticated information warfare.
Below we present some of the case studies from our tracking operation including a couple from other journalists, the actors involved in the deliberate disinformation campaign and its potential impact. [toc]
Case 1: Sialkot Attack (Feb-26)
A day before Pakistani airstrikes on India...
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